I have no idea how Andrew Brace keeps getting to referee at the top level of the game. How many controversies does he have to be in for World Rugby to realize he is not a very good ref? He's quickly becoming the Marius Jonker of refereeing where after every game he officiates, there seems to be controversy.
I can't believe how he missed these to glaring penalties, that had a direct impact in the scores of the game. The first one was the most obvious one, Damian Willemse was miles offside before the ball was out at the scrum. This should've been a clear penalty, yet Andrew Brace missed it completely. To make things worse, then Evan Roos gets the ball. He hits his one knee, which means he has one chance to reach and score or to place. The moment he moves onto his other knee, he has to place the ball and can't propel himself forward because that is double movement. Yet, he does exactly that. He hits his knee, moves onto his other knee and then propels himself forward to score a try. The TMO and Andrew Brace are equally guilty for awarding this try, they checked it and for some reason these "professional referees" came to the conclusion it was legal. But regardless of the missed double movement. How did he not penalize the Stormers for being offside at scrum time? How did he miss that?
The URC is the league with the absolute worst officials in the game, which is probably due to the fact that a majority of them are Northern Hemisphere and they have a track record of being the worst in rugby.
